tailieunhanh - Everlasting Pearl One of China's Women

It was a warm, close day in May, in Central China. The summer heat had just set in, and the inhabitants of Kucheng (Ancient City) were somewhat weary and languid, when a woman brought the news to her neighbour--"A daughter has been born to the Tu family." The news soon spread from door to door. All languor was shaken off, for curiosity got the better of lassitude, and the women, now fully alert, hobbled on their small feet to the little house where farmer Tu lived with his young wife and parents. The house was a small, unpretentious building, with mud walls and a tiled. | 1 PART I VI. MARRIAGE--PART II CHAPTER I CHAPTER II CHAPTER III CHAPTER IV CHAPTER V PART I p Again we pass over a few years. Everlasting Pearl had now reached the CHAPTER VI PART II p Meanwhile the bridegroom s family had not been idle. They had prepared CHAPTER VII CHAPTER VIII CHAPTER IX CHAPTER X CHAPTER XI CHAPTER XII CHAPTER XIII CHAPTER XIV CHAPTER XV CHAPTER XVI CHAPTER XVII CHAPTER XVIII CHAPTER XIX CHAPTER XX CHAPTER XXI CHAPTER XXII CHAPTER XXIII CHAPTER XXIV Everlasting Pearl by Anna Magdalena 2 Everlasting Pearl by Anna Magdalena The Project Gutenberg eBook Everlasting Pearl by Anna Magdalena Johannsen et al This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at Title Everlasting Pearl One of China s Women Author Anna Magdalena Johannsen Release Date September 24 2006 eBook 19365 Language English Character set encoding ISO-8859-1 START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EVERLASTING PEARL E-text prepared by Al Haines Note Project Gutenberg also has an HTML version of this file which includes the original illustrations. See or http dirs 1 9 3 6 19365 19365-h or http dirs 1 9 3 6 19365 EVERLASTING PEARL One of China s Women by ANNA MAGDALENA JOHANNSEN For Sixteen Years a Missionary in China With Preface by Walter B. Sloan Second Impression Frontispiece EVERLASTING PEARL. The photo was taken after her marriage to Mr. Lu. China Inland Mission London Philadelphia Toronto Melbourne and Shanghai Morgan Scott Ltd. 12 Paternoster Buildings London . mCmXVIII First Edition October 1913 Reprinted January 1918 Completing 5000 copies PREFACE Thirty-five years ago missionary work was commenced in the city of Yushan situated on the Kwangsin River 3 Everlasting Pearl by Anna Magdalena in Kiangsi one